induction hob fitting

[Terry Everall]

Any advice about fitting an induction hob rather than a conventional one at my my daughters house

What fuse rating is needed and isolating switch etc. 

[John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison]

Surely it depends on the power rating of the hob. Whats the kw?

 

[Kevin (Mr T)]

Inductions are usually much higher rated (7kw+ is not unusual).

Also check the installation instructions re ventilation under the hob, you may need to make a cutout top back of the hob base, unto the void behind, not through the worktop!

[DamperMan]

We made the mistake of buying a crazy power induction hob with the kitchen.   Combined with the oven we would have needed either a 10mm2  cable or a second 6mm2 supply.   All to much hassle so returned it and the wife came back from John Lewis with a bosche with a 3 pin plug.  I thought it might be under powered.  But it is much quicker than gas.   The lower amperage is supposed to make a difference if your trying to have 3 or more pans all cold and coming up to boil at once.  It's rare to do that.   

[Terry Everall]

one make is 7kw but the Bosch PIA611B68B apparently just uses a 13A plug and is 2.7W

[CraigHew]

Neff T45D82X2 boosts up to 7.2kW hard wired into it's own 30A fused spur (acts as isolating switch) from Distribution box.

Fantastic bit of kit. Wifey very happy.

[DamperMan]

Not all but some Bosch- neff ones have a max power setting so they might be able to suck a substation dry but...  some can be limited in the settings to match what you have.   I was only able to ascertain mine was of an older without this feature bycalling the  tech only trade line.   The public tech advise was wrong. 

[John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison]

Sounds like the convsersations on your recent holidays were just short of torture